Needle-loom



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L. WOODBURY.

NEEDLE LOOM.

VKNo. 344,470. Patented June Z9, 1886.

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lNVErJTQR- Levi Woodbury,

(No Model.) 3 sheets-sheen 2. L. WOODBURY.

NEEDLE LOOM. No, 344,470. Patented June 29, 1886.

IN NTOH Levi Woodbury.

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L. WOODBURY.

NEEDLE LOOM. y No. 344,470. Patented June 29, 1886.

ilivrrnn Sterns LEVI VOODBURY, OF VASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR OF TWTO-TIIlItDS TO EDMUND H. GRAHAM, OF BIDDEFORD, MAINE.

NEEDLE-LOOM.

SPECIFICATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 344,470, dated June 29, 1886. Application iled July 16, 1884. Serial No. 137,862. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom may concern: l needles and holding` the same in position to Be it known that I, LEVI VOODBURY, aeitibe beaten up. Fig. S isa plan view of the zen of the United States, residing at VaShfilling as it would appearwere the Warp-yarns ington, District of Columbia, have invented removed from the completed fabric. Fig. 9 55 [18W Dd Useful Improvements in Needlerepresents a side view of the lilling-carryln;` Looms, 'of which lthe following' is a SpoCl'flCL- Doodles and a retaining-pin, the needles being tiemi f shownasattlielnnitol theirinwardmovement "iMyinv tinnfrelates to what are known as and the'retaining-pin being shown as enter- Q needleflomnsg gHeretofore, so far as I ain ing below the latches on the needles. Fig. 6o io aware, thereneverlhas been a. loom yof this is a, similar View of the needles and a retainkindprodueedfwhieh formed a uniformselvv ing-pin, the needles being shown as moved age oneaeh side of the cloth Without the use outward a short distance, the latches slightly Of 2 Sh'tblllangd 3.1i the Gnd Of the lathe raised, and the pin in platee to retain the loops and moving in a direction parallel with the ot' thetlling-yarns; and Fig. 111s aside view 65 I5 Warp to pass through the loop of the filling shoiving the needles drawn back tree of thc as the needle carrying the same completes its l retaining-'pin and the latelrlevers dropped. inward movement. This lform of loom has In these drawings, l represents the lathe, i many defects, among which may be mentioned vvhicli is supported upon a shalt upon which the fact that the loom has to be stopped from it vibratcs to heat up the idling. The lathe 7o r2o time to time in order that the shuttle may be has seeuredin its Vupper portion the reed 3, replenished with yarn. In another forni the which is oi any desired size commensurate filling is carried through the shed and caught with the quality and texture et the goods to by ahook,vvhich holdsit in position While the be Woven. The lathe receives motion lroni carrier returns to its normal position, after the .main driving-shalt l, mounted xin any con- 75 `which thebeating up takes place. In this vement portion oi the frame oi the loom, formof loom a selvage is formed on but one through the inediuin ot the pitinen, which Side of the 10MLk are secured at one end to the upright portions The object of my invention is to produce a of the lathe and. at the other tovthe crank- Y loom bywhich cloth is Woven having a selvturns in the driving-shaft. o o represent so 3o age oneaeh side Without the employment of a blocks adapted to slide on the lathe, to yrhich shuttle,and in which no stoppage is necessary are secured the needles carrying the idling. when the filling is replenished. One of these blocks, (Y, is secured directly to a The invention consists in such features of reciprocating bar, 7 sliding on the lathe. improvement as will hereinafter be distinctly In order that the bloclis,and consequently the S- described and claimed. needles,inay beinovedinwardlyand outwardly In order that those skilled in the art to by the saine movement of the liar 7, I provid@ which my invention relates may know how to one, 6, of the said blocks with a rack, Llo, lo make and' use the saine, I will now proceed to gear with a pinion, 4l, secured to thc frame describe it in connection with the aeeornpanyin which it is carried, and the upper surface of 40 ing drawings, in Which I have illustrated one the bar 7 is also provided \vithhasiniilar rack, means of carrying my invention into effect. 40,whieh gears with the said pinion. lhns it In these drawings, Figure lis a perspective i will bc seen that when motion is given to the view showing parts of a loom with the invenbar 7 to move the block secured thereto intion applied thereto, the View being made wardly, the Opposite block is given a siini- 45 from the rear. Fig. 2 is a. similar View taken lar inward movement by reason ol' the said from a point opposite to that from which i block receiving a motion reverse tothat ol' the Fig. lListalien. 1Figs. 3, Ll, 5, o represent dil"- bar through the medium ol' the pinion. @iry"oqp,preircdl.torni ot neelles As a wnvcnieiit means of imparting a re- ,L i c. i: ing-yarn. Fig. eiproeating motion tothe bar 7, I provid@ a t e L y t e lng-shalt by means o t gearwvheels 42 and 43 IOO 

